Super Tycoon

Blizzard Battle.net can be regarded as the forerunner of online game battle platforms, including the online battle platforms of Future Sunny, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

The biggest function of this platform is to allow players from all over the world to play the same game on the same platform, or even fight against each other.

From LAN to WAN, players are directly connected to each other.

However, there was a big problem with Blizzard Battle.net in the previous life, that is, there was no storage of player data, which also led to the rampant cheating, and many masters were defeated by cheating.

"The idea of ​​Battle.net is very good. I remember we had a brief chat last year. If you want to do this, I also support it. But there are a few points, and I will give you some suggestions."

"First, the player's data or information must be saved, and at the same time, the data must be supervised. You know a software product called plug-in, right? It is a software program that illegally changes game data."

Allen's face changed, he didn't expect this before. If there are plug-ins that affect the balance of the game, then players will be disappointed with this platform, and it will also cause great difficulties for their platform promotion.

"This platform is equivalent to a game console. When we Zhiduoxing sells a game console, we will also sell a few game discs accordingly to promote each other."

"It's the same with Battle.net. You have to buy a game before you can play against others on this platform. And seeing other people playing other games will also attract some players to buy games that they haven't played before."

"This platform can also greatly boost Blizzard's game sales. But once someone disrupts the order of this platform, you will understand the consequences."

Allen bowed slightly: "Thank you Mr. Zhang for reminding, but in this way, we will need a larger server, which will increase the cost of the company's operation of Battle.net. We originally planned to promote the Battle.net platform for free. .”

"Free? Why free? You can charge for it."

Allen looked puzzled: "Mr. Zhang, this is just a platform for fighting. Players also need to consume network traffic. We will charge again. Will anyone use it?"

"And how much is the right price? If the price is cheaper, we can't make back the cost. After all, we are still responsible for the follow-up maintenance and operation."

Zhang Yang stood up, walked to the bookshelf, took out a book from it, and handed it to Alan: "Look, what can you think of?"

Alan looked at the title of the book,

"How to Become a Millionaire", what is the significance of this book for him, he has already been a millionaire. The boss opposite is a billionaire. Besides, isn't this kind of book just to fool others or give them some encouragement? If the above statement is really useful, wouldn't everyone be a millionaire?

He looked at Zhang Yang puzzled, then lowered his head and flipped through the book. But after only turning two pages, I found that there was no trimming at the back. This is a method of selling books many years ago. You are asked to read a few pages first, and then you have to buy them if you want to read them. The bookstore will have a machine to help you cut the edges.

But what does this have to do with their Blizzard Battle.net? He doesn’t even need to look back at the ways to make money mentioned above, he knows that it must be seizing the opportunity, trying to improve himself and other nonsense that everyone knows.

People who buy this book don't want to know the nonsense, but want to know exactly what the opportunity is, where it is, and when it will come.

"Mr. Zhang, I don't understand."

Zhang Yang put down the coffee cup in his hand: "Alan, I'm not asking you to read the content of the book, but to let you understand the sales model. First try it for free, and then if you want to read more, you have to buy it."

"On the Battle.net platform, it is free for you to use first, but there is a certain time limit. When it exceeds a certain time, you need to pay to the platform. This payment model, I call it a time card."

"Buy a card and you can use it for a certain period of time. If you exceed the time limit and you don't have a time card, then sorry, you can't use it."

This payment method was very popular in Chinese online games in the previous life. The most known to the majority of players should be Legend, Warcraft, etc. Later, this model was widely used on other platforms.

For example, video playback platforms, online reading platforms, etc., are also easily accepted by players. You can choose to accept my service, then you have to pay. You can also choose not to pay, so don't use it.

Allen's eyes began to light up: "How did Mr. Zhang come up with this method? It's very suitable for the Battle.net platform. But what if the time card runs out during the game?"

"On the platform, set up a timing system. At that time, the card was almost exhausted, and when it was less than two hours, a small pop-up window or a line of text was given to the player to remind them to recharge the card."

"And with this money, we can also have better servers that can record player data. Everyone needs to register an account on Battle.net, use the account to log in, and record some honors at the same time."

"Many players will play desperately for some honor records, and want to leave their names on it, so they have to buy more time cards to help us earn more money."

"We can also cooperate with promoting their names and let other people challenge the record, so as to make Battle.net a holy place for games. Of course, we must continue to improve in other aspects."

"For example, you have seen ICQ, right? Our Battle.net also has the function of typing and chatting. This function can be built in, or it can be turned into a small pop-up window. Forget it, let's build it in first."

For the time being, text chat is the limit. After two years, voice chat can be promoted, and after ten years, video chat can be promoted.

"Also, we can talk to Yahoo. When registering for Battle.net, let them bind an email address to prevent the password from being forgotten. Bar?"

Can you still ask Yahoo for a sum of money? !

Allen felt that he really didn't know how to do business, which he hadn't thought of before.

"Mr. Zhang, if there are too many people online on the server, it will easily cause lag, right? Once the signal suddenly drops, the players will definitely be very angry."

"Simple, it is divided into different regional servers. On a larger scale, it can be divided into North America, South America, Southeast Asia, etc., and on a smaller scale, each state in the United States can have a separate server."

"Why, do you think there are too many servers, the cost is too high, and it is difficult to operate? The game you plan to join Battle.net is Diablo. Have you ever thought about adding Warcraft 2 and games from other companies, such as Valve The company's upcoming Counter-Strike?"

"I still have some computer games here, and I plan to transplant them to the Battle.net platform, such as Finding Differences, Rush to Russia..."